View all 66 comments. I started reading this series because I was currently watching True Blood and had developed a slight obsession with Eric. Since then, the books have become an absolute guilty pleasure of mine. They are not the best written and occasionally we get a little too much of what we don't care for i. Most characters have both annoying and redeeming qualities, but this is good - I never did like th I started reading this series because I was currently watching True Blood and had developed a slight obsession with Eric.
Plus Eric is hot If you're looking for a life-changing experience, try The Handmaid's Tale , but if you want something light, chick-lit style and kinda sexy too Sookie Stackhouse and her merry band of random supernatural creatures are where it's at. That probably sounded like a cheesy, promotional ad but what the hell. View all 13 comments. The first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
I confess - I picked this up at the bookstore for a few reasons: 1. The cover was sparkly and I liked the art.
Having spent a huge chunk of my youth hoping the vampires in Anne Rice's novels would knock on my window late at night shut-up, like you didn't??? I have been looking for the next Brad Pitt with fangs. And yeah. That was all it took. Sparkles and vampires - SOLD. I opened up the book and kinda reg The first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I opened up the book and kinda regreted it and thought - Well that's what you get! The main character is called WHAT???
Sookie Stackhouse? And she is blond and a bar waitress and likes to flaunt her tight clothes and tans out in her lawn in a bikini.
But I never almost never stop reading a book once I start so I bravely forged ahead. And suddenly I stopped laughing and the pages started turning and I found myself thinking about the book when I wasn't reading it and wondering how fast I could get the next book So glad that there were sparkles on the cover of this book. So very very glad. View all 23 comments. I can't remember if I started the books before the show or started the books after becoming obsessed with the show.
But who really cares! I loved this world and still do! View all 8 comments. Nov 11, Fabian rated it really liked it. Stephenie Meyer has nuthin' on this woman Harris has in one pinky all the talent of the aforementioned hack, and her huge fan base must take note. This book reminds me that not all fiction has to be poetry.
This one has a clear plot, it ties together all loose ends. If only I knew about it before the HBO series "True Blood" on which this book, book 1, is based I would have definitely watch the series, but its occurred vice versa. Sookie is the Everygirl, clever, lost, in love, found, frightened but curious and courageous. Bill the Vampire lacks the Lestatness of those that came after the Anne Rice novel, but it's okay.
At least he's not one-dimensional like Edward Cullen. Everyone here, it seems, has secrets. The theme. There are dark inhabitants of the world, some don't have to be vampires or shapeshifters but humans with deep flaws. Once the mystery is solved I solved this one waay before the climax , this theme comes to light.
I wish I was a writer, important, like Charlaine Harris. View all 9 comments. Sep 04, Trin rated it did not like it Shelves: american-lit , fantasy , mystery. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it, click here. I tried to give this a fair chance, I really did. In general, as a couple, they are boring. Oh, and Elvis shows up. I am not kidding. I wish I were, though. I also wish I was wrong when I say that I can predict pretty much exactly how the rest of this series will go, with Sookie, like a less lubricated Anita Blake, fighting off the affections of two or more!
Gimme a break. I can only hope that the show proceeds to more interesting ground, because reading this book, all I could think was: been there, done that, have the lousy fang marks. View all 10 comments. True Blood book View all 4 comments. Sookie, Sookie, Sookie. Because of you most of my friends either hate me or think I'm a total freak.
They think you're quirky, I think you're silly. They think your story is better than candy, I think your story is the most uninteresting ever. Sorry guys, I don't think this review is going to go well. I was recently told I was snarky and a cold-hearted, impatient cynic you know who you are people!
Guilty as charged. Which might partly explain why I didn't like this. Chick lit meets bad PNR as written by a 17 year old clearly is not me. The story? Uninteresting at best. Apart from that? Boring to death. There is only so much I can read about Sookie's daily life: taking a shower, shaving her legs, plucking her eyebrows, putting on body lotion and deodorant… Seriously? Someone please shoot me!
Oh but wait, we also get to find out about fascinating stuff like her job at the bar or Bill's shopping habits: he gets his "khaki Dockers, green and brown striped golfing shirt, polished loafers, and thin brown socks" from Dillard's you see.
Fascinating stuff I tell you! And don't get me started about Uncle Bartlett's prostate problems. Wait wait wait! Something is finally about to happen! Oops, sorry, it's only Sookie going to work again. And it goes on and on and on and on… Now for the corny stuff. Okay, it's a bit silly but I can deal with it. And it goes on and on and on and on… I'm sorry.
Mushy is not me. And mushy is just not sexy either. What are these people made of? I don't think I've ever read such boring, unexciting, ridiculous, badly written sex scenes. Sorry guys, I'm not done yet. Needless to say, Sookie and I got off to a bad start. And it all went downhill from there. I get that she's supposed to have been sheltered all her life but this is just too much. The girl is supposed to be 25, not To make things worse she's as emotional as a stone.
Did I say that already? Oh well. Defendant 2: Bill Most boring vampire ever? You got that right! I've never been a big vampire fan but this guy gives the word dull a whole new dimension.
What with his constant pity party , corny ways, wanting to settle down, not wanting to drink blood from humans… Get a life Bill! A real badass vampire life! To make things worse he's as emotional as a stone. To think someone sold me this series yes Shelly , it's you I'm talking about with images such as this one: And I got Boring Bill instead?
I am not pleased. This is not Urban Fantasy it's Boring Fantasy. By now I think you all realize I slightly disliked this book. But I'm a nice girl, I really mean no harm.
So please don't start unfriending me just yet guys! I love you all and promise to behave from now on! View all comments. Apr 16, Shannon rated it it was amazing Shelves: vampires , , urban-fantasy , mystery-suspense.
I'd never heard of these books until a few months ago, and as usual, once one person recommends them, everyone seems to be talking about them, you see them everywhere, and you get curious. They're in the fantasy section, though for some bizarre reason I was under the impression, at first, that they were YA and silly. They are fun, but they are definitely for adults. Oh but this book is soooooo much better!
After a slightly rocky start in which the writing confused me a bit something that also reminded me of Guilty Pleasures , perhaps unfairly , the story really gets going and in new and surprising ways.
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress at a bar in Bon Temps in Louisiana. She has what she calls a disability: she can read minds. She's spent her young life trying to guard against the babble of other people's thoughts, and because of the level of concentration that takes she never did particularly well at school and never went to uni.
But she likes working at Merlotte's, likes living with her Gran since her parents died, even though she can't have a relationship - it wouldn't be fun hearing what a man thought of you while being "intimate", would it?
She's also fascinated by vampires and has been waiting to meet one since they "came out of the coffin", so to speak, and became legal citizens.
One night her wish comes true: a vampire called Bill! She can't hear a thing. Finally a man - an undead man, true - she can relax with. But while Sookie and Bill are trying to have a normal relationship, working class women are being murdered in the area and while at first it looks like vampire work, soon the police are looking at Sookie's womanising brother Jason.
On top of that, the most powerful and dead gorgeous vampire in the area, Eric, has his eye on Sookie and her ability for his own uses. Dead Until Dark is a great mix of urban fantasy and mystery, and the crime side of the story didn't bore me a bit. I loved Bill, he was kinda adorable while also a bit unpredictable and scary very nice , and while I didn't understand all the expressions I've seen enough movies set in southern US states that I could picture the people, places and culture fairly well.
The book could have done with better proof-reading to catch all those missing prepositions and, at one point, an interesting way of spelling "complexion". There were also a few times where Sookie, who narrates, is musing about something and then another characters replies - it threw me off because it wasn't all that clear that she'd voiced her thoughts.
Sookie is a great protagonist, lively, fiesty, quirky and strong without being stubborn and bitchy, and her telepathy makes her especially interesting. She's definitely one of the better heroines of vampire novels I've come across to date. I loved Sam too, and Dean was great! Oh and the Elvis thing was funny too, though I was a bit slow in catching on.
Anyway, if vampire books aren't your usual cup of tea, you might want to try this series because it's very enjoyable and fast-paced, yet with nice slow moments where you get to enjoy and understand the characters so good character development, always important. So I guess this means I'm joining the Sookie Stackhouse bandwagon? View all 32 comments. Jan 17, Sean Barrs rated it did not like it Shelves: darkness-horror-gothic , love-and-romance , 1-star-reads. The television show True Blood was better than this in every sense; it completely transcended it.
Well, at least, before the fourth season hit and the writing went down the toilet. So fans of the television show do owe a lot to Charlaine Harris. Her writing for me though can be summed The television show True Blood was better than this in every sense; it completely transcended it.
Her writing for me though can be summed up in one word: tepid. Where was the shock factor? Where were the cheap thrills and the melodrama? Who knows? There is no atmosphere Television Bill was a bit of an enigma, at least, he was at the start. He comes across as a brooding man, troubled by his past and his violent nature. He seemed more computer geek than vampire solider. The writers of the show, undeniably, took his character and made it better; they made him interesting and devious.
Some super fans will likely disagree with me. But ask yourself this, which Bill is more interesting to hear about?
He carried with him a dark story, one the show slowly peeled back. Then there is the lack of antagonist. But, ultimately, he was dealt with rather easily.
Again, to compare this to the show, the first season shadows Eric as a sort of bad guy. It was so much more entertaining! I have read much further than this book in the series. True Blood is far from being the peak of television artistry; however, it can be enjoyed for what it is: a dark and mysterious fantasy romance that depicts weird and wonderful characters struggling though their fucked up lives. This here is the story of just Sookie Stackhouse whereas True Blood expands on the side characters and fleshes them out; they were the ones that make it fun.
Sookie is just dull, her life is dull, and this book is dull. Even after all these years I can still taste the blandness of the writing. If my seventeen year old self, a self who had read less than twenty books in his life hated this, I dread to think how I would react to it now if I was reading it for the first time. View all 17 comments. Nov 15, Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile rated it really liked it.
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. On to the next! View all 5 comments. Oct 09, Helen 2. I might have enjoyed this one more if Sookie was a bit more relatable. In a paranormal romance, the reader is supposed to be able to project themselves into the main character, right? I mean, we pretend like that's not the point but that's kinda sorta really the point.
But Sookie is so emotionally distant and half the time I can't even tell if she's happy or sad or angry or what. Her motivations are hard to decipher from the text. Perhaps I misjudged the intent of the book; maybe it was written I might have enjoyed this one more if Sookie was a bit more relatable.
Perhaps I misjudged the intent of the book; maybe it was written more as a murder-mystery than a PNR flick. But, having watched True Blood before starting this series, my expectations going in were of steaminess and drama with a little spicy mystery mixed in. I was left a little disappointed. I want to get to know Charlaine's version of Eric Northman. My main life involved my nurse mother, my pharmacist legal father, and two of my three sisters, all living a suburban life just outside of Charlotte, NC.
Bon Aqua, thusly named for the water that locals lineup in their pickup-trucks to collect, with their empty milk jugs, flowing out of a rusted pipe in the ground. True story. And I am intimately acquainted with the small-minded prejudices that seem to thrive in small towns.
I bloody LOVE it. So much effort that she has nothing left to devote to things like paying attention in class. I was too when I was in school. But Sookie is not an idiot, and though she does admittedly have her less-than-stellar moments, Harris ultimately creates a highly capable woman in her. With one exception—the Japanese have created and patented synthetic blood, ending blood shortages for medical facilities, AND prompting vampires to come out of the coffin , so to speak.
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